Handle for children s carriages



- (No Model.)

A. J. MEIER.

HANDLE FOR GHILDRENS GARRIAGES. W

No.465,'702. Patented Dec. 22, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT DEEICE.

ANDREIV J. MEIER, OFDET ROIT, MICHIGAN.

HANDLE FOR CHlLDRl-ZNS CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 65,702, dated December22, 1891.

Application filed April 23, 1891- Serial No. 390,190. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. MEIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Reversible Handles forChildrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in running-gearfor a childs carriage; and itconsists in the peculiar construction of adetachable handle so constructed that it maybe applied to either end ofthe carriage.

The invention further consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and combi= nation of the various parts, all as more fullyhereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a running-gear for achilds carriage embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section thereof onlinew 00. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of one of thelocking-bars, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the other.

A B are the front and rear axles, respectively, forachilds carriage,upon which are secured in any suitable manner the springs O, and whichare secured together by means of the cross-braces D or in any othersuitable manner.

E E are two bars, which, together with the cross-bar F, form the handle.These bars are extended at their lower ends a sufficient distance in ahorizontal plane to the base across the two axles, and are detachablysecured thereto in any suitable manner. The means which I preferablyemploy consist of the lugs a, adapted to engage under one side of theaxle A, and the swinging locking-bar b, adapted to engage upon theopposite side of the said axle, a clamping-bolt 0, having the hooked end(Z, and the winged nut e forming the means of connecting theconnecting-bar B.to the said axle, as plainly shown in Fig. 1.

f is a bar secured across the rear end of the bars and having the lugs gadapted to engage beneath the rear axle. The lugs to g being firstengaged upon the front side of the frontand rear axles,'t-he bar 13being then turned down to engage with the rear side of the front axle,will prevent any movement longitudinally of the handle-frame, and theclampingbolt 0 clamps the parts together to prevent any rattling orlateral displacement.

.It will be seen that my handle may be readily detached and applied ateither end of the vehicle.

iVhat I claim is 1. In a running-gear for carriages, the combination,with the front and rear axles rigidly connected together, of a handleconsisting of two parallel side bars, a connecting-bar at their outerends and a connecting-bar at the rear end, downwardly-extending lugs onthe rear bar, having right-angled projections fitting under the rearaxle, lugs on the side bars, having horizontal projections on theirlower ends arranged in front of and engaging under the front axle, aswinging frame on the side bars in the rear of the front axle, and aclamping-bolt passing through the swinging frame and axle, substantiallyas described.

2. In a carriage, the combination, with the runnin g-gear and front andrearaxles, of a han dle having two parallel side bars extending to therear axle, lugs on the rear ends of the side bars, engaging the rearaxles, lugs on the side bars, engaging the front of the forward axle,

and a swinging frame pivoted to the side bars and connecting the same ata point directly back of the front axle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREIV J. MEIER. Witnesses:

M. B. ODoeHEETY, N. L. LINDOP.

